Comes with 10 complimentary tickets for the Main Summit Day (January 15) and 10 complimentary tickets for any of the other days (January 14 and January 16), and table space during the Career Fair / Academic Fair / NGO Fair

Event Details

The 5th Annual Womensphere Emerging Leaders Global Summit 2014 brings together a community of 500 leaders and innovators from American and across the world, around the theme of The Next Generation of Women Leaders & Innovators Creating the Future.

Global leaders and innovators, together with emerging leaders and emerging innovators, will convene to discuss, explore, exchange ideas, and collaborate on solutions and initiatives on:

The main Global Summit Day on January 15, 2014 is hosted by Columbia University. The event will also feature Mentoring Roundtables, a Career Fair, an Innovation and Social Innovation Fair, an Art & Design Exhibition, and and two Field Immersion & Career Days hosted by corporate partners such as McGraw-Hill Financial on January 14 and January 16, 2014.

The main purpose of this Womensphere Foundation Summit is to convene next generation of women leaders and innovators, to invest in advancing their leadership and innovation capabilities, and to enable them to build connections with resources, experts, potential mentors, and with each other.

In the fifth year of hosting this Summit, the Womensphere Foundation brings together emerging women leaders, innovators, scientists, creators, academic leaders, lawyers, policy analysts, entrepreneurs, and social entrepreneurs to expand opportunities, create community, build connections, and inspire collaborations that create the future.

At the Womensphere Emerging Leaders Summit, global leaders and innovators, come together with emerging women leaders and innovators, convening to explore, learn, discuss, exchange ideas, and collaborate on actions, solutions, and important initiatives to Create Our Future:

Main day of the Summit features forums, talks, roundtable exchanges, and Career Fair, Academic Fair, NGO Fair, and Social Innovation Fair

One full day of immersion/forum on Science, Technology & Media (January 16)

One full day of immersion/ forum on Business, Finance & Capital Markets (January 14)

Cross-industry & interdisciplinary networking

Membership in the new Womensphere EMERGING LEADERS GLOBAL NETWORK

Academic Fair

Non-Profits & NGO Fair

Social Innovation Fair

CAREER FAIR and exposure to companies and institutions that are potential employers or internship destinations for participating Delegates

The 2014 Womensphere Emerging Leaders Summit continues to build upon the success of the 2013 Summit:

Expansion of the Industry/Field Immersions and Career Forums – The Industry/Field Immersions enable Delegates to visit, have greater exposure to, and be immersed in in the actual workplace environments of industry leaders and organization leaders in these fields, while also offering deeper conversations and more networking with leaders from these fields.

Professional Mentors – We have a network of influential and successful leaders across all fields, in addition to leaders that actively sign up to participate as Mentors.

More Networking Sessions – Based on feedback from last year’s Summit, we have introduced many more networking opportunities throughout the Summit.

We invite you to reserve and secure places for Delegate or Mentor particiation this week before Thanksgiving (before or by November 30), to take advantage of the Discounted Early Registration period.

In addition, through a partnership with the Hudson Hotel / Morgans Hotel Group in New York, we are able to offer the extremely low rates of $155/night in New York City for the first 50 registrants.

There are six types of participants at the Summit:Distinguished Speakers, Delegates, Mentors/Roundtable Leaders, Corporate Participants/Partners/Recruiters, NGO Participants/Partners/Recruiters, and Academic Participants/Partners/Recruiters.

Sponsored Delegates - participating at the Summit are emerging women leaders and innovators primarily selected and sponsored by their academic institution (graduate and undergraduate), organization, or company, and are typically emerging leaders, innovators, scientists, artists, creators, and high-potential young professionals and emerging managers.

Self-sponsored Delegates - There are also a limited number of places available for open, self-sponsored registration by emerging women leaders/professionals/managers and female graduate/undergraduate students.

Mentors/Roundtable Leaders - are either self-sponsored professionals and leaders, or organization/corporate-sponsored professionals and leaders, who participate in the Summit to lead roundtables and discussions, and to invite ideas exchange among Summit Delegates.

Corporations, NGOs, and Academic Institutions participate through a number of ways:1) Being Official Partners and Supporters of the Summit, sending Delegates, Distinguished Speakers, Mentors/Roundtable Leaders, and participating in the Career Fair and Academic Fair2) Sending Official Delegates to participate in the Summit as Delegates and/or Mentors/Roundtable Leaders3) Recruiting at the Summit

SUMMIT OBJECTIVES & SCHEDULE

The 5th Annual Womensphere Emerging Leaders Global Summit will convene emerging women leaders (graduate students, undergraduate students, young professionals, and emerging managers), together with global leaders, innovators, and mentors, coming from across a wide range of disciplines, academic institutions, and industries, who are focused on investing in their personal development as leaders and innovators, and who are actively engaged in creating inspiring positive impact in the world.

At this Summit, the Womensphere Foundation brings together emerging women leaders, innovators, young professionals, scientists, artists, entrepreneurs, and social entrepreneurs to expand opportunities, create community, build connections, and inspire collaborations.

This Summit aims to create inspiration, education, and connections for emerging women leaders, in line with Womensphere’s purpose of unleashing potential, creating opportunity, inspiring impact, and transforming the world.

This year’s additional goals are around community, collaboration, impact, and creating a platform that enables participants to collaborate on working together on an actionable agenda for the evolution of our global society, and the evolution of women’s leadership and innovation globally. This Summit will be about building a community of emerging women leaders across sectors and disciplines, including emerging women leaders across the premier academic institutions (both graduate and undergraduate) around the world, as well as young women professionals and emerging women leaders across international organizations, companies, entrepreneurial ventures, social enterprises, BCorps, non-profits, NGOs, and the public sector.

DELEGATE PARTICIPATION

Delegates will have the opportunity to participate through speaker Q&A, discussion circles, collaboration circles, Creating Impact discussions, and multiple Fairs (Career Fair, Academic Fair, NGO Fair, Social Innovation Fair) taking place throughout the Main Summit Day and Immersion Days.

The program also offers ample opportunities to network and build connections with speakers, fellow delegates, NGO representatives, academic representatives, and company representatives across disciplines and industries.

IMMERSION DAYS

In addition to the Main Day of the Summit, the Summit’s two Immersion Days enable Delegates to “be in the real world where the action takes place” – as the Immersions are hosted in corporate and institutional venues throughout New York City. The Immersion Days enable Delegates to participate in forums focused on specific disciplines and industries, providing interested Delegates with opportunities to do more focused networking and have greater exposure to areas of interest.

This Womensphere Emerging Leaders Field & Industry Immersion Day offers a day-long forum and networking focused on deeper conversations with industry leaders and professionals in the fields of business, marketing, finance, and capital markets, followed by the optional opportunity to participate in cross-industry networking receptions throughout New York City. (This module is only open to Delegates participating on the Main Day of the Summit.)

Cross-Industry & Interdisciplinary Networking Receptions in Business, Marketing, Finance & Capital Markets (Open only to Delegates and Professional Mentors participating in this Immersion, to Summit Speakers, and to the Womensphere Global Advisory Board)

IMMERSION 2: TECHNOLOGY & MEDIA (January 16, 2014)

This Womensphere Emerging Leaders Field & Industry Immersion Day offers a day-long forum and networking focused on deeper conversations with industry leaders and professionals in the fields of technology and digital media, followed by the optional opportunity to participate in cross-industry networking receptions throughout New York City. (This module is only open to Delegates participating on the Main Day of the Summit.)

Cross-Industry & Interdisciplinary Networking Receptions in Business, Marketing, Finance & Capital Markets (Open only to Delegates and Professional Mentors participating in this Immersion, to Summit Speakers, and to the Womensphere Global Advisory Board)

REGISTRATION & DELEGATE PARTICIPATION

We encourage all interested Delegates and Professional Mentors to RSVP early to avail of the Discounted Early Registration to the Summit which ends over Thanksgiving (on or before November 30).

Only those registered for the Main Summit Day (January 15) can additionally register for the Field/Industry Immersion Days on January 14 and January 16.

HOTEL & ACCOMMODATIONS

In addition, through a partnership with the Hudson Hotel / Morgans Hotel Group in New York, we are able to offer the extremely low rates in New York City for the first 50 registrants. Please let us know if you are interested in using these discounted hotel rates for your Delegates.

This Summit is typically sold-out with a Wait List.

We encourage everyone participating to reserve your place or your Delegates' places. To reserve a place at the Summit, please click on the Registration link above.

Kindly note:

1) The Womensphere Foundation does not offer scholarships to participate in this program, with the exception of specific scholarships with select, established partner organizations. We do not accept volunteers who want to attend the Summit for free, or any applications for free attendance at the Summit. We encourage all participants to exercise leadership and find your funding source to be able to participate in the Summit - it will be a worthy investment!

2) By December 24, 2013, all registrations are no longer refundable. However, they are transferable. In the event you register and need a refund after December 24, 2013, we encourage you to either transfer or sell your registration place to another Delegate.